March Famitsu Estimates:
03. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - 33,500
04. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U) 6,700

April Famitsu Estimates:
05. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - 8,197
10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U) 1,863

Total for March/April Based on Estimates: 50,260

Right now BotW(NSW + SWI) is sitting at 664K so 336K left for the remainder of the year.
If 3.3 million more people are able to buy Switch by the end of 2017 it requires just 10% attach rate for the rest of the year to reach 1 million across both versions.

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You don't have to be new to wonder what the heck is going with Switch production. Shipping under 25k units weekly to your strongest market is pretty pathetic amount of units. Especially as it's not like US and EU are getting huge shipments either.

You don't have to be new to wonder what the heck is going with Switch production. Shipping under 25k units weekly to your strongest market is pretty pathetic amount of units. Especially as it's not like US and EU are getting huge shipments either.

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March Famitsu Estimates:
03. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - 33,500
04. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U) 6,700

April Famitsu Estimates:
05. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - 8,197
10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U) 1,863

Total for March/April Based on Estimates: 50,260

Right now BotW(NSW + SWI) is sitting at 664K so 336K left for the remainder of the year.
If 3.3 million more people are able to buy Switch by the end of 2017 it requires just 10% attach rate for the rest of the year to reach 1 million across both versions.

Worth mentioning that the person I was replying to was talking solely in the context of the Switch version, which puts the goal a little higher.

So, here's a thought: If Zelda makes it to a million, it'll be the Nth million-seller on Switch. What's N?

Mario Kart is absolutely inevitable, of course, so at least 1. It'd shock everyone if Splatoon didn't make it, and faster than Zelda, that's 2. Monster Hunter would seem likely (only reason I'm not inking it in as definite is the fact there's a platform change involved). Mario? Arms? If we were to get an AC this year, that would be a candidate, but that's not looking terribly likely.

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I mean, those numbers are indeed pathetic considering how damn popular the device is but we know that's Nintendo has to battle with part shortages rather than them simply being slow in producing more units.